Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Chris L Beckwith ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>>Anyone know anything of the Russian composer Liapunov, 1859-1924, ...
>>Twelve Transcendental Etudes ...  I've read it is described as
>>"terrifyingly difficult."
>
>And unfortunately the only complete recording I know, by Malcolm Binns on
>Pearl, is terrifyingly dull.

I have the Binns recording, as well as one by Kentner on Vox and 1 by
Scherbakov on Marco Polo.  The Scherbakov get's my vote as the one that
makes the best case for this music - and it really needs a good case made
for it.

Scott Graham
Monterey, CA